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(43) Date of publication: 06.03.2002 Bulletin 2002/10 (21) Application number: 01922500.2 (22) Date of filing: 16.03.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04B 7/185 (86) International application number: PCT/US0108/934 (87) International publication number: WO 0180/458 (25.10.2001 Gazette 2001/43)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR (30) Priority: 14.04.2000 US 197246 P 20.02.2001 US 789081 (71) Applicant: Hughes Electronics Corporation El Segundo, California 90245 (US)	(72) Inventors: KELLY, Frank Walkersville, MD 21793 (US) PETRONIC, Mark Gaithersburg, MD 20879 (US) BAER, Matthew Germantown, MD 20874 (US) (74) Representative: Jackson, Richard Eric et al Carpmaels & Ransford, 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)